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Gift of Mrs. George (Laura Wolcott) Gibbs and George Gibbs, 1849.1.1, Connecticut Museum of Cul ...
Governor Oliver Wolcott Jr.
Gift of Mrs. George (Laura Wolcott) Gibbs and George Gibbs, 1849.1.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

Governor Oliver Wolcott Jr.

American, 1760 - 1833
BiographyOliver Wolcott, Jr., was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, on 11 January 1760. He was the son of Oliver Wolcott, Sr., (1726-1797), and the only brother of Frederick Wolcott (b. 1767). Oliver Wolcott, Jr. graduated from Yale in 1778. Like his father and grandfather before him, he became the Governor of Connecticut, holding office from 1817 to 1827. He died in New York City on 1 June 1833.
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